Because it was going to be such a nice day we decided to head out from Mindarie to check the pots.

No surprise that we were the only car in the carpark.  Pulled 3 pots and got 10 nice whites. No reds, undersize or tar spots.

I have to admit that was on my top 5 worst conditions ever volintairaly going out in a boat. Even in the 20m+ areas we had a skipper on the controls as it was needed. I have to admit pulling on my own completely knackered me but getting a nice feed will make it worth while.

Dived this Morning with Boydy and another mate, single dive with a 9am Carona to thank the fish gods. Was glassy to about 0930, depth 13 m, potters should see some action any time now. Vis was pretty ordinary.

Headed out this morning hoping to target some king George in my favourite area in 34 metres of water wide of garden island.  

Intended using a technique I saw in Westernport a few weeks ago, two snooded size 2's on light line droppers and squid rings (yes rings) for bait.  Rings cut only 5mm wide.

Out early and was as flat as, no breeze, didn't need the sea anchor 

First drop, still rigging the second rod and the first screams off ......hell that ain't a KG, long and gentle fight with the light gear and a large dhuie swims up to the boat, dropped it when it did a sudden dive as it neared the hull but no matter as I couldn't keep it anyway.  Second drop, still rigging the other rod and off it goes again, drag screaming but I accept lightly set given the light gear.....good fight and a horse baldie appears, quick unhook and away it swam which shows the advantage on light gear and gentle fight, no barotrauma at all in evidence.

then the ROT set in, despite the small baits the bronzies came on, it was bloody ridiculous, got 5 to the side and cut them off, all around 1200mm like peas out of a pod, lost at least another 7 more, got sick if rerigging so pulled stumps at 9.30

Is it me or are these toothy critters fast reaching plague proportions ?

 Got a good surprise this morning with 6 good size crays in one pot. First crays of the season after spending $600 they tasted farken good ayyy. Has anyone else had any luck. 

 Should mention that Jewfish was the only thing I wanted to catch in broome. We are moving to Gero after this to start the next adventure. 

Anyone know if much about in these spots at the moment?

Cheers Mal.

 Went diving both yesterday morning and this morning off beach to see if there was any crays around the Cottelsoe area.

Have had some success in past.

Yesterday at some usual ground was a bit murky still managed to find a few. Albeit my coordination being appalling. Lost a few within grasp plus I needed the long snare.

There were a few whites about also. Crays were very deep under ledges with no intention of being relocated. Quite a few kakkas yesterday. Managed one white cray not soft but not completely firm.

Saw a very large tailor apporox 750/800 small dhufish approx 400. Also

Dived slightly further north of yesterday's dive for a grand total of one this morning. A few crays around but different ground. Crays all very deep even with long snare was difficult to reach. Did not see any whites.

Some small baldies no bigger than 200 mooching about. Both dives many any blue drummer fish being territorial. 

Have set challenge to not dive same location more than once for this cray season

https://www.facebook.com/137554444720/videos/10153748530644721/

If anyone knows who this is call crime stoppers or phone the complete angler and camping world rockingham.

Low life scum.

Got out the other day off the south coast in the tinny and the conditions were perfect!

Had a great day catching Queenies, Nannis, Harlies and a nice big dhu which came in at about 12KG at a shewed estimate. Called it for a big Blue all the way up seeing as they are more common down there but got a pleasant surprise when silver showed.

Fishing was was slow but between us we landed 5 demersals and got a good feed for a long trip.

The boat is paying for itself already!

Goodie :)

When I'm dreaming
Well I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna dream of life list trophy fish like you



When I planning
Yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who plans the route for you



When exploring
Well I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who fish new place with you





When I tripping
Well I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who drives all day with you



But I would drive five hundred miles
And I would drive five hundred more
Just to be the man who drive a thousand miles
To come knock at your door

When I kayak
Yes I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the friend who kayaks hard with you



It's gonna be wet
Yes I know it's gonna be
We're gonna be soaked head to toe through and through



But if I get cold
I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the wife who tough it out with you





As we're waiting
It is so hard to contain
I'm gonna be excited just as much as you





But I would drive five hundred miles
And I would drive five hundred more
Just to be the man who drive a thousand miles
To come knock at your door

Tadalada Tadalada Taladaladalada Taladalala
Tadalada Tadalada Taladaladalada Taladalala

I have found fish
Well I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the guide who share the fun with you



When you're hooked up
Well I know that I'm ready
To capture every fighting moment for you









If you triumph
I'll let them know and they will hear
I'm gonna yell "congrats", "hell yeah" and "woohoo"















When we look back
I am certain that we will see
We'll see this crazy group who loves to fish with you



But I would fish five hundred miles
And I would fish five hundred more
Just to be the man who fish the world
Who may just come back for more

Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) - Species #476



Eli, Ken, Michael and George would like to thank Joe Tilley for his great hospitality and a fantastic time, and Alisha (Eli's wife) for being our professional photographer.

Day 1:

Eli: 3 Shortnose
Ken: 4 Shortnose
Michael: 4 Shortnose
George: 3 Shortnose
Joe: 2 Shortnose

Day 2:

Eli: 1 Shortnose lost :(
Ken: 0 Shortnose :( (only fished half day)
Michael: 4 Shortnose
George: 1 Shortnose lost :( (only fished half day)
Joe: 4 Shortnose

***

Additional bonus new lifer:

Saithe (Pollachius virens) aka Pollock - Species #475



Additional tasty morsel (but very annoying anti-sturgeon bait thieves):

Atlantic Tomcod (Microgadus tomcod)

Crew dived the James Service off Mandurah today, although not big the new swell had a bit of pulse, 1 short of the bag in 10m. Good Dhu and Baldie showing themselves off knowing the ban is in place

Made the trek down to the Warren River yesterday for a bit of a arvo session chasing reddies in the kayak. Put in at Draftys camp along heartbreak trail around 3pm and headed upstream to begin with. An absolute awesome looking river with deep sections, a huge amount of structure with fallen trees and rocks so the anticipation was high. Just as we started fishing the sky opened up and it proceeded to belt down for the next 20 minutes saturating us in the process, not a great start! Flicked sx40's, rmg's, laser pro's and rapala CD1's in all colours for the next hour on the juiciest looking snags for zero interest with not so much as a follow. Tried a celta spinner and had one follow from a nice trout after 20 minutes but nothing else. paddled further to a deep snag and jigged zman grubs in pumpkin seed and pink with again no interest!! I was astounded to say the least that after 4hrs fishing between two of us we saw no redfin and just the one trout!
I'll put it down to one of those days as the weather was turning for the worse and the fish just weren't on. On the bright side it still beat the shit out of working, floating down a beautiful river with great scenery and the birds chirping away. I'm definitely keen to get back down there and explore some more of the river that just looks so fishy and hopefully have some better luck.

Got a nice feed of kidney slappers yesterday with TimVB, all between 46 and 52 cm.

Had to work for them but looking forward to some shalowed fried panko crumbed fillets tonite.

 Hey folks, I dont post on here much anymore since I've been living overseas but I wanted to share this recent capture as it has been a goal of mine for awhile now and is a pretty monumental achievment.

I've been learning everything I could about Swordfishing since in the states with a plan to return to Perth with the confidence in technique to target them succesfully. Unfortunately however I have had limited opportunities to go as everytime I hop on someone elses boat out of Venice Louisiana they just want to chase yellowfin tuna. I own a 20' PangaMarine skiff (think southwind UB570) which I use for flyfishing for bulll reds here and so have been waiting for a good weather window to go and test my technique and spots. Luckily the wait gave me plenty of time to learn everything I could before hitting the water.

In late september my brother flew over and we had 2 good days of weather to head offshore (~1200' water depth) and try the daytime swordfish game. The second spot we tried (flagged as likely from studting a bathy chart) and we got wacked, when we got the bait back to surface it was clear it was a sword given the leader abrasion and slash through the rigged squid. Over the next two days we had 3 hits on bait and even one wack on the lead sinker (looks like someone hit it with an axe) but just couldnt convert it into a hookup.

Over the next few weeks i spoke to a few swordfish diehards to better learn how to get the hookup after a fish finds your bait (not an easy task!). Mid October a 2 day weather window opened up but I couldnt find anyone willing to go midweek so I took off on my lonesome into the deep blue yonder on a little boat.

1st drop and I was getting wacked straight away. Played cat and mouse with him for 15-20 minutes but couldnt get the hookup and eventually he moved on. Squid and leader was a mess when I got it back to surface. 

I setup again and dropped another fresh rigged squid down. Pretty soon I was seeing action again and tried enticing him for what seemed like forever until suddenly I came tight. He came to surface fairly easily and to be honest I didnt think it was a sword. When he saw the boat however and warmed up he went ballistic. After 2 awesome jumps and about an hour he went a huge dive down to 200+metres, just as he was slowing down the hooks pulled. I was devastated to have finally hooked my first sword (est. 250#) and lost him and was certain that was my one opportunity gone. You can see the footage of that fight here -

vimeo.com/143524162

After getting my sh%t togethor I reset and dropped down again. After 20 minutes I was hooked up again. Easy fight up once again until he saw the boat and took off across the surface and launched. Realized then he was a pretty good sword and I had no idea just how hard the fight would be.. Long story short, 3.5 hours later I got him boatside and had a shot with the gaff, a little scary and not easy by myself.

I eventually got him subdued and it then occured to me I was never going to get him in the boat by myself. After tying him to the side and towing him for a few miles I eventually came across another boat that helped me get him in.

Unfortunately the place I was staying didnt have scales to handle it. A few of the charter captains that saw it estimated around 350lbs. Short length / girth calculation pegged it a 360lb. The Louisiana state record is 320 so would have smashed it if I had weighed the bugger....... not bad solo from a 20' boat :-)

Still editing the footage of this second fish but I will get it up asap.

Good weather coming Monday so hoping to give it another crack. I'm returning home to Perth in january so will be spending as much time as I can trying to work out daytime / nighttime in Perth Canyon... I've definitely been bitten by the swordfish bug! Cant wait to get back in the Indian Ocean!!!

Cheers all

Having recently moved back to Perth and getting a week off R&R after having very little fishing and diving for the past 3 months if was good to get back into it and get some quality captures around the metro area this past week. my first day my brother Aron came up for the weekend and we went to have a crack at some sharks NOR, picked up 6 nice tailor on baits and lures and let a few more go and ive got into a very nice shark on the 50lb setpup. Absolutely killed my back cause im unfit and not used to it but 45 minutes later and some photos and away he went again, not bad for targetting some little ones with whole mullet to keep. Monday was out in the boat with Craig from Saltwater Charters for a crack at some seriola species. picked up a little yellowfin and a sambo on the troll and ive dropped a much larger Fin to pulled hooks. jigged for sambos for a bit but struggled to find any hungry before going to find some Kingys and picked up a tiny southern bluefin on the way there. i got to test out my new Eupro Shogun PE2 rod and 20lb Tasline on my certate 3012H with a few nice fish coming up before getting absolutely smoked across the shallows by a much better fish and finished the day off getting it handed to me again by a very very big sambo i had no chance in hell of stopping on the silly string. Tuesday was out of Rocko Cray diving and bagged out in a few hours between us and i almost looped a small kingfish with the cray loop, that would of gone nuts if i had managed to get it a couple more mill over the tail. Spent a few hours yesterday in the swan and got a couple of small flattys on SX40's but nothing of size. pretty good week off and im already looking forward to my next break and getting some more decent fish metro again.

 The windy conditions over the weekend and the unrelentless urge to wet a line, forced Gail and I onto the Swan to try our hand at Bream fishing.  We had done a fair amount of Bream (Kurper) angling off the boat back in South Africa and Gail and I both hold records for the Red Breast Tilapia - a Bream species - http://fisheagle.homestead.com/loskopfeb2009.html

Using the same tecnique, namely a sliding float method we were able to land a number of Bream and Yellowtail Grunter.  Nothing massive, but we enjoyed the outing and the opportunity to try some old methods on local waters. Enjoy the YouTube clip of the outing.

https://youtu.be/TRqcr3-nhNo

 Went diving with a mate off the southern end of Garden Island. First dive saw us each get 5 sized crays. I only saw a few kakkas on also. Crays well I  the reef system. Interestingly though, not all scampered away when we came rolling in. Depth was about 15.

Indecisions and different opinions saw us check the charts and dove a sounding about 600 meters west. Visibility was great but went murky into the dive. More crays on second dive but I had lost the knack of things. Chewed through the air a bit too. Much more kakkas and prawns on 2nd dive as a ratio of sized to u/size butaso more crays. Took me whole dive to get rest of quota.

Saw a nice KGW, mate saw some Boarfish and a small Blackarse. 

Weather is looking good most days this week but I should really clean and sort the shed, fix surfboards, and ofcourse do housework and work

 Hi Guys

Recently went to Broome for a quick fishing trip with some mates.

Even though we didnt get out for sailfish because of the wind we had a great few days hitting up the threadies and barra.

 It has been 10 years since I visited Waroona Dam 100 km south of Perth. A once beautiful and pristine agricultural water supply dam, originally famous for its trout but someone threw in a few "Reds" - The rest is history.  Last week my son and I visited with our newly purchased fishing Yak with assorted lures etc and a pair of rods.  Shock, horror and dismay... Apart from the dam being just about empty (probably 10% full with about 5 metres of water in the deepest part, the area "upstream" from the unpowered campsite 1km from where the bitumen ends after crossing the wall has been trashed.

Whilst I have no grudge or feelings about 4WDs and ORVs access to the non speedboat area from Scarp road has been crisscrossed by a myriad of tracks ploughed through the bush by 4WDs, signs knocked over and the entire area, churned up like a battle field in a war zone.  Scarp Road, a designated public access road has deep holes cut out by vehicles over a metre deep at the eastern end of the dam and should not be used by anyone who has not had considerable experience in "offroad driving" especially in a 2WD vehicle.  It is dangerous, in addition to holes, rock formations have been exposed which will rip the tyres of your car, and in places your sump, if you are not extremely careful.

In general the roads that are passable are in very poor condition, having not seen a grader for very long time (That's it they even have them any more!)

The damage to the bushland ajacent to the the SE area of the dam is so bad, the area should not be investigated unless you have a reliable GPS if you leave Scarp Road, which it is easy to do without knowing it as signs etc have been knocked down or removed.  There is now a network of tracks with huge cutaways, holes caused by 4WDs, many of these tracks are impassable to 2WD and many just go nowhere, dead ending or in a circle.  

Reading reports from the files of the Water Authority of WA and the Dept of Parks and Wildlife, this vandalism is rife throughout the SW at "unmanaged" dams. 

I have submitted a report to the appropriate Minister of the WA State Government, through a Parliamentary Secretary, airing my concern that a fatality or serious injury could occur along the upper sections of the Scarp road especially at night and if the drivers have been affected by "substances" the hazard is extreme.  (Let's face it, this is now common at places like this!)  

Taking young children paddling or swimming is not advisable, the waters edge is extremely muddy and soft and presents a life threatening situation.  The very minor disturbance of the water bottom is enough to render clouds of brown silt polluting the water. 

Fish??? We spend a while near the "unpowered camping" area - no sign of any activity nor fish, however the visibility in the water is very poor and lures disappear in just over a metres depth.  All the feeder streams have dried up. 

Conclusion:  For sale one brand new Yak - used once! :-(  Photo - Dream Kayak 3.5M 2.5 person.

For some time now, I’ve been becoming pretty obsessed with the European Bluefin tuna. You only need to look back a few years and this fishery was all but annihilated, but over the last few years some improvements in fisheries management have seen a return to Mediterranean waters of this iconic species.
The Bluefin is a species I’ve chased far and wide recently, but Gibraltar is one place I have always wanted to visit. Partly because they have a great fishery there that I’d heard so much about, but also because I’d started chatting with the main man in the area Jamie Triay, who assured me of good fishing and good times – how could refuse?!

My good friends Dave Huckle and Stephan Kerger joined me in what was my first (but what will certainly not be my last) jaunt to Gibraltan shores. We were an Australian, an Englishman and a Dutchman with a range of fishing experience, but we had one thing in common – we all wanted to get our hands on an awesome BFT, especially with the Rock of Gibraltar in the background!

We arrived on a Friday night to fairly stiff winds and colder temperatures than we expected, but Jamie assured us this was nothing to worry about – the tuna would still be around.

Early Saturday morning we set out to sea. We had brought quite a range of kit, but the rods used were mostly to be the Yamaga Blanks Blacky series (specifically the 81/6 and the 81/8) and a range of lures including Temple Reef Ballista Tuna, Lamble Bait CD Pencil, some prototype Amegaris and BFP Swimbaits Mafia One.

On the first morning we almost couldn’t believe it. Almost as soon as we left the harbour we started seeing the fish bust up. There were tuna everywhere! But perhaps they were not that hungry or perhaps our casts were not on point, but after an hour or so of still no hook-ups, we noticed the fish activity dwindle and disappear. We had had some opportunities with fish swiping at lures, but they just were not committing with gusto.

Just as darkness was beginning to fall and hope was all but lost of a successful first day Steef, who was working his Amegari stickbait, had a fish have two swipes and then a hit, BANG, his lure was engulfed. A fast and spirited fight ensued, and we had our first tuna of the trip on the deck and Steef’s first Bluefin to date – after many high 5s, the fish was released to fight another day. The releases were helped by the fact that we were using only single hooks on the lures. The favoured combination was a Shout Ringed Kudako of around the 5/0 or 6/0 size on the tail connected with Owner size 10 split ring, and then an assist hook off the front (for which we were using more Kudakos as well as the ever-reliable Owner SJ41 in 11/0).

So we certainly hadn’t cleaned up, but there had been fish on the deck, and at least Steef went to bed that night with a little less pressure on his shoulders (with the help of a few well earned lagers).

On our second day, the weather had taken a turn for the worse. On and off throughout the day we had rain that varied between drizzling and pouring, which made conditions a bit less pleasant to be out on the water. There were however breaks in the rain, and whilst the rain might have made things so so for the anglers, it certainly seemed to change the behaviour of the fish!

We were outside the harbour in pitch darkness, waiting for the sun to rise, and no sooner had the sun cracked the horizon, than we saw dolphins and tuna appear around us. Things were looking up already! Sure enough, we hadn’t been casting long, when I heard line peeling off a Stella. The bloody Dutchman again! Who brought this guy! Steef was onto another great Bluefin and it wasn’t long until the fish was boatside, pics taken, and fish released to stretch someone else’s arms in the future.

Shortly afterwards we came across what was probably the largest bustup we saw on the trip. Predatorial fish, birds and dolphins were smashing bait all around us, and justifiably nervous flying fish were scattering everywhere. We all lobbed in a cast, and straight away Dave and I both got tight! The fight was very different to Steef’s tunas and before too long we saw why – these were tunny rather than BFT. Whilst hard fighters these guys fought quite differently with a lot of fast runs along the surface rather than the deep back busting circles we’d come to expect from the tuna. The tunny were not so fortunate as the Bluefin and were instead released into the cooler box, and the fishing resumed.

As predicted by Jamie – the first fish were the hardest, and now the floodgates opened. The bite heated right up, and I took two great Bluefin in quick succession on sinking stickbaits. The first fish fought hard, but the second fish (which was no bigger) fought like a demon. Kilo for kilo I think that fish hurt me more than any other I’ve had. I think drag strategy came into it a lot. For this second fish (as you can see in these pics below) I was running some pretty silly drag figures, so the fish came to the boat pretty quickly. But when he got there, he was still very green, and we had a series of tug of wars with me regaining 50-70m, then him taking them straight back out under the boat. And so it repeated, until we landed him for a few quick shots.
I was running a BFP Mafia One stickbait in 85gr size. This proved just perfect for the tuna here. It casts a mile and has a great action which is very easy to get the best out of it. You can work it with a continual retrieve or with a sweeping style action, or even a more typical walk the dog technique with lots of quick stabs of the rod tip. The Yamaga Blanks Blacky really helped to belt out long casts with these relatively light weights often into stiff head winds, and brought the lures to life on the retrieve. I think I’d done no more than 2 or 3 casts after the second tuna, and BANG! Third fish was on! This was a lovely looking fish and perhaps a bit better size than the others, so was very happy to see him on the deck.

What was even better, was that Dave managed to also subdue his first Bluefin after this great specimen came up on another sinking stickbait and again on the Yamaga Blanks rods. I think for the size of fish we were catching, the 81/6 is probably the pick of the bunch but there were some MUCH bigger fish in amongst them. We saw one fish totally airborne that Jamie and I both called for a 100kg+ fish, and I think if you hooked one of them, you’d want at the very least the 81/8 – preferably something heavier! When that fish came out we were almost nervous to cast at it (almost) 

We went back in for lunch and to check out of our hotel, but managed to get back out for an afternoon session before our flight home. By this stage the weather had worsened and we’d had our fair share of lunchtime celebratory beers, but there were still fish around and I managed to bag one last Bluefin before we turned for home.

As a general observation the fishery in Gib is very different to what I’ve encountered in Italy and Spain. The fish are very often travelling with dolphins are often feeding on flying fish. Neither of these factors is present in those other destinations, and I think it changes the feeding characteristics of the fish a lot. Large bait in the water means you can use larger lures, and the fish when feeding seem very aggressive, often having 2 or 3 swipes at a lure if they miss on first pass. There also seemed to be a lot less focus on spotting the tuna than there is in Italy – more often than not you were just casting at pods of dolphins in the knowledge that they often worked together with the tuna and where one was feeding, the other wouldn’t be far away.
All in all we had an awesome time, popped two Bluefin cherries, and put some new lures and other kit to the test. We will be back!
Dan
Tackle used
Yamaga Blanks Blacky 81/6 and 81/8
Shimano Stella and Daiwa Saltiga reels
Sunline Monster Battle PE6 line
130lb YGK Leader
Temple Reef Ballista Tuna 80gr
BFP Mafia One 85gr
Amegari prototypes
FCL Labo CSP
Lamble Bait pencil
Shout Ringed Kudako hooks 5/0
Owner SJ41 Hooks 11/0
Sasame 1/0 swivels
Owner Ultra Wire Sz 10 split rings
Jigging Master 2 way gimbal belt
Most kit used is available at www.adventureangler.net and if you want to follow further trip reports and updates, follow https://www.facebook.com/AdventureAnglerUK

 I spent an overnighter with Assassin LFC including mates Manie Bekker and Dave Sheppard out at White Hill and witnessed some great landbased fishing. In the YouTube video link below you will see the slider tecnique that has resulted in numerous great fish off the beach.

Photos are of Manie, one of the better land based anglers around.

https://youtu.be/woTCNkG0Jv0

Thought i wud hit my local crabbing spot
This morning,i managed 7 crabs all above 15 cm it
Was a awsome day.

 Pulled the pots today from the 18m mark off Mindarie. Couple of crays in each pot with 3 keepers coming home. There was a lot of pots in close the other day and not very many today. I'm thinking there is not much in close ATM.

Looks like 1 of our pots was tampered with as it was 30-40m off the set line and in the middle of a sand patch. Possibly pulled with the eastery blowing them out and then just dropped back. very suspicious. 

Anyway pulled up for a whiting fish before the breeze started and scored a few as well. Headed in for a squid drift and ended up getting 2 nice KG's so the day was a sucess. 

 With the weather looking great and the ban coming up we headed out on Omega with a full boat (4). Launched from Two Rocks just before 5am with 4 other boats already preparing to launch in the carpark. No where near as bad as the last Monday launch (public holiday) but surprised me so many people there when it was still full dark. 

Headed out to test some new ground that was spotted the last time we went out in the 40's. First drop, and a messed up drift away from where we wanted, and the first Dhuie came onboard. Only 55cm so much discussion later it was bleed and put in the esky. Set the second drift, correctly, and i hooked my first cuttle fish on SP. Fresh bait mmm. Not another bite for the blokes with stink baits so off we headed to 55-65m.

I had decided that i was going to fish SP all day and not give in to changing over to bait, as i usually do, when everybody else is catching and i'm not. Well my total for the day was 1 large cuttlefish, 1 sargent baker and 1 baldie.

The others however managed to bag out with Baldies and blackass with my son managing to get his first Dhuie and therefor PB at 58cm just under 4kg.

Beautiful weather and some nice fillets to add to the freezer before the ban starts.

A shout out and thank you to a kind fishwrecked member who stopped by on their way back in to say hello and ended up passing us a surplus beer. Much appreciated.

Got back to the ramp and fisheries were there doing their job. Was a bit surprised to be boarded by a guy who was not surly. Had a good chat and cleared up the new cray pot rules with him and suggested they get a bit more vigilant about unauthorized pot pulling off Mindarie. He actually took it pretty well considering i was suggesting he wasent doing his job properly..Lol

 Any Skippy out on the FFB...

Launched from Hillarys this morning, normally launch Leeuwin but to save miles went north, standing in the launch lane 0545 preparing the Reefy through races a small SUV been driven like a stolen car by an Ice addict. What the f@#k is exchanged between myself and the boaty in the next lane. The car with body roll speeds into the front parking bay, out jumps a large bloke like Sheila running late to jump in the Trigg island surf boat with some good looking sorts waiting patiently holding up a lane. I pipe up with what the f@#k it replies sorry mate! Any way if any body has connections with this crew give them a bake as it was the craziest boat ramp shit I've seen and I have seen plenty. Glad I didn't have to fight the bloke shiela as she was pretty scary. Fishing wise caught 5 baldies really slow using fresh cuttlefish. Couldn't get the last so steamed home from 15 miles east at lunch.

 So decided to stay in Broome for the holidays. For the first week my wife's brothers were here and we went camping at Barn Hill. Brought the tinny along. Was spring tides and the swell was up. After setting up camp we went to the beach and straight away i regretted not bringing the thrownet. Had a school of fish the size of a standard backyard cruise past to the left of the beach then once they passed the point they flew back past to the right. Got charged by queenfish, school sharks and more pelagics that I couldn't ID. So we all chased them along the beach and every so often jump in. The fish were so thick they swam right into you. Great start to the camping trip. Fishing was poor even though I did all the small things right. We managed to get a big coral trout that was 60cm+ and made for a tasty lunch. Gave half of it away and after that everyone in the camp was asking where to go fishing. 

The next weekend my wife got her first cobia 700 m from the shore in Broome. That day I got my first frigate tuna. 

Bagged out on mudcrabs today. 

Fair to say its been fun. 

Coming to Perth on Tuesdayday the 13th October if someone takes me out for pinkies I'll return the favour up in Broome with crabs and barra 

Hey Fellas finally got round to posting some pics of our Exxy trip back in August. We normally camp around at ningaloo station but this trip we had a big house on the canals with a 15m jetty was pretty sweet. Copped a fair few days of howling easterlies which was quite frustrating but still managed to fish 7 out of 10 days. Main aim of the trip was to spend a few nights out at the islands on the other side of the gulf but the wind really only allowed us to do the one overenight trip on the last couple of days we had. Typically the day we left and the following 3 days were the best for the whole trip! 

Did some awesome jigging out at the islands in 35-50m getting smoked by big rankins and trout where the sharks play a bit fairer as well as catching trevs and mackeral in stickbaits in 3-4m. Spent one day exploring out around the Muirons where we we found some good lookoing patches of ground in 100m where we were hooking up straight wawy buit couldnt get away from the sharks, not landing one fish. Found plenty of Spanish Macks around the back of the reef off Tantas and even managed a few Dollies including two which a couple of the boys caught at the same time winding there baits back up while bottom bashing. A couple of the lads spent a day out deep dropping with the boys on Diversity Charters and smashed the Rubys. 

Big thanks to Bodie and Reece for pointing us in the right direction in regards to the islands. Legends!

Next trip minimum 3 weeks and definately taking deep drop gear!

Cheers

 Hi Guys 

Snuck out Wednesday arvo with my oldest son.

Anchored up on our favourite pinky spot and not long after my son had his biggest ever snapper at 84cm, previous was 81cm.

He was that excited he could hardly talk and was shaking all over.